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Melissa Tham; Shuyan Huo; Andrew Wade – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2024
The long-term benefits of academically selective schools have not been thoroughly explored in the Australian context. This research draws on data from a longitudinal study of Australian young people (n = 2933) and utilises Nearest-neighbour matching techniques to explore whether individuals who attend academically selective schools have better…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Student Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) program studies the progress of several groups of young Australians as they move from school into post-secondary education and work. This technical paper contains the frequency tables for the LSAY 2009 cohort Wave 2 (2010) data set.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, Longitudinal Studies, Cohort Analysis
Curtis, David D.; Drummond, Aaron; Halsey, John; Lawson, Michael J. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Students from rural and low socioeconomic backgrounds do not pursue university education at the same rate as those from metropolitan areas or from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. This has been a long-standing issue for government. This study explores the aspirations and intentions for university education among low socioeconomic status (SES) and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Peer Relationship, Rural Schools
Rothman, Sheldon; Hillman, Kylie – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2008
This report examines young people's participation in career advice activities while at school and their perceptions of the usefulness of the advice they receive. The data are from the 2003 15 year-old cohort of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY). Most members of this LSAY Y03 cohort were in Year 10 in 2003. The present report…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Adolescents, Career Counseling, Longitudinal Studies
Long, Michael; Lamb, Stephen – 2002
Changes in the extent, pattern, and outcomes of young Australians' participation in firm-based training from the 1980s to the 1990s were analyzed by comparing data from the Australian Youth Survey (AYS) and the Australian Longitudinal Survey (ALS). In 1994, 46% of those in the AYS sample participated in formal training (at age 16-24 years) and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment